Posts by KatieandRon

Boston MA, We have 6 girls and 3 boxes. they use all three and sometimes use only two, the outer boxes. I have researched them for about a month before building them and i think I found a good size...12 in wide, 12 in deep and 9 in...

Hello...it is that time of year where we are starting to think about the cold winter.We were looking at heaters and other gadgets and stumbled upon the flat panel...

Thanks for the list! is there a preferred plant list? we are definitely planting a grape vine!

I've been freezing a large fruit juice bottle and placing it in the coop before work. I wrap it in a towel to collect the condensation, or else the pine shavings will get wet.If I get home for lunch I check on them and usually find them...

Our Chix are about 3 months old now and have been in the coop for about a month. every day, after work, we let them out to roam the yard  and like clock-work they head in around 8pm. The Girls have been piling in one corner and it...

Thanks!  Any suggestions on good plants or trees for them?  We want to get some fruit trees, so any ideas would be helpful!  :o)

Hi everyone, We want to plants trees and other plants in our yard this spring, but want to make sure we aren't planting anything that will harm our new babies!  Any suggestions or tales of caution??Thanks a lot!  :o)

Where do you get hardware cloth?

I agree!! 

I also want my chicks to love me, and feel like they freak out every time I put my hand in the brooder to change their food and water, etc!  I have heard some of you say we should hold them close to us and let them fall asleep, but...